GAA

A posthumous memoir by All-Ireland winning manager to mark 25th anniversary of bringing Sam back to the Oakleaf county.

Gooch: The Autobiography unlocks a previously unopened door, tracing a compelling path through the life beyond the headlines. This is the story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary footballer.

Raw, vivid and intensely moving, The Choice is many things – an epic story of triumph in the face of adversity and loss, a family saga, a tribute to the redemptive power of sport – but above all it’s a stirring meditation on the roles compassion and resilience can play in shaping our lives, and those around us, for the better.

Packed with witty one-liners and curious quotes from pundits, players and partisans this book is sure to entertain ...at least until the hang sangwiches are ready!

Based on the popular Facebook page, which regularly reaches over 500,000 people, The Rory's Stories Guide to the GAA sends up a certain kind of lad obsessed with the GAA calendar, his local club and county team above everything else.

"The greatest player of this, or perhaps any, generation."   Sean Moran, Irish Times  

"There is a compelling story in a young man's rise from the rural middle class of south Kilkenny to being one of our finest sportsmen. He became much more than a hurler...This memoir is cast in its author's likeness, honest but tactful, direct without being brusque."   Irish Examiner

'We looked up at the pitch and then we both stopped at the same instant...We were alone but you could feel this energy; that there had been a big crowd of people present and that something had happened and even though the day was over, that energy was still kind of moving around...'

A Pocket Book full of Irish GAA history and nostalgia!

Confessional, moving, funny and fiercely honest, it’s at once the epic story of one team’s audacious bid to rewrite its destiny and one man’s moving testament to the power of sport to sustain us in our darkest moments.

This is an original and engrossing perspective through the lens of a sporting organisation.